That's an interesting point.

I noticed this:

https://www.canadasatellite.ca/Satellite-Phone-Limitations.h...

"While satellite phones work essentially anywhere on earth, there are some physical and political limitations."

one limitation was not what I expected:

"Cuba restricts the use of satellite phones because they’re seen as tools for subversive purposes"

Back to starlink - I think distributed living is a wonderful if not the most wonderful application of this.

I can imagine in a number of years having a tesla pull a trailer with fold-out solar panels. Have a little self-sufficient base camp with power for climate, cooking, transportation. And now internet.

I believe you can get into a metric ton of trouble if you try to import a satphone in India as well.

As a side point, Cuba’s internet is also filtered and such, but was remarkably easy to get around with an SSH tunnel. Was handy when I was there!

Who is responsible for a regional law like the Cuban one mentioned in this thread? Would Starlink be held responsible, or would it be the one moving a receiver across the border?

Usually is the person smuggling it or installing it. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gross